Church Father

English

Calque of Latin Pater Ecclēsiae.

Church Father (plural Church Fathers)

(Christianity) One of a number of male Christian writers from Antiquity whose doctrinal work is considered authoritative by the later church.

authoritative ancient male Christian author

Afrikaans: kerkvader
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 教父 (zh) (jiàofù)
Danish: kirkefader c
Dutch: kerkvader (nl) m
Finnish: kirkkoisä (fi)
French: père de l'Église (fr) m
German: Kirchenvater (de) m
Greek: εκκλησιαστικός Πατέρας m (ekklisiastikós Patéras), Πατέρας της Εκκλησίας m (Patéras tis Ekklisías)
Hebrew: אבי הכנסייה m
Italian: padre della Chiesa m
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 교부 (ko) (gyobu)
Latin: Pater Ecclēsiae m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kirkefar m

Nynorsk: kyrkjefar m
Polish: Ojciec Kościoła m
Portuguese: Padre da Igreja m, Pai da Igreja m
Russian: Отцы́ Це́ркви m pl (Otcý Cérkvi), Святы́е Отцы́ m pl (Svjatýje Otcý)
Spanish: Padre de la Iglesia m
Swedish: kyrkofader c
Vietnamese: giáo phụ
West Frisian: tsjerkfaar c